Retainer for antifriction-bearings.



110.838,111. l 'PATENTBD 11Bo.11,19o6. 11.1, HARRINGTON.

111.1111115111011 11111111111111011- BEARINGS.

221110111011 FILED MAY 1a. 1905.'

gf a 'rnn sTA'rne .mrnn'r onmen- N-ORMANJT. HARRINGTON, OF nnrnorr,MICHIGAN, A:ssienon To oLns :Mero-n WOnirs, on naraoir, MeHIGAN. A'CORPORATION.

RETAINER FOFl ANTlFRlGTlON--BEARINGS Patentea'nec. 11,1906.

muten sled may 13.1905'. seal No. 260,246.

To all' will-,0171,l it may concerns:

Beit known that. l, NORMAN T. HARRING- TON', a4 citizen, of the UnitedStates, residing lat Detroit, inthe county of Vayne and- -State ofMichigan, have'invented. certain l'nevir :and useful Improvements in.Retainers for An'tifriction-Bearings, of which the following isaspecication, reference beingV had therein tothe `ac'cQmpa-nyin'gdrawings.

The invention relates parti ularly torball-` retainers especiallydesignedV for use in foonnectlon -Wit consists infthe novel construction".v of retemer-andthe peculiar arran ement and comb' "atin of its parts,`as be hereinv 'after'xdescribed inthe `d'r'fwvinge illustratinginvention, Figure 1 is-'a vertical'centrai sectlcn through theretainer.A `lifigs.- 2 and' Sere detached per-f s `ective*'vievvs,showing. the v main'ler of a p theyielding retaining device-.to .t e.retainer lcroper; andFigLA 1s a perspectiveviewgo'ft e-retainingrneans.'0

lHeretofore in the 'construction ofretainers for the' pu osespecifiedfit hasbeen thel practice to' ern; at the inneredge of the'retainer a ri id lange to prevent the ball'sfrom droppin lr'om theretainer on the. appl1catien ef t elatter te the Wheel or other lace lWhere-it is te be used. Thisfhas been ound.-

.exceedinglyobjectionable,for l@he reason that in applyingthe' Wheel to;the axle 'portions of therigid inner flange are in many instances chipod or broken ofi", and fallin Within the The presentinvention 1sadapted to, overbal #race interfere materially Wit the proper come thesedifhcultiesand it consists, prilmarily, in providing'a ball-retainingdevice about lthe inner edge of the retainer proper of yieldingmaterial4 that is, of some material relativelysofter than 'that'ofW-hich the r'etainer Iproper is v made-and, further, 'in making theretaining means detachable', so that When bent Or otherwiseinjured itmay,'1f.

desired, be withdrawn for the purpose of repair-or reneWal.' l

"Referring te the drawings, the-retainer Wheels of automobiles;` and iti consists ofa ring-shaped base section A, hav-,

ing-an inclosing Wall or ange B at its outer -edg e, preferably formedby .turning up, said edge inthe manner indicated in Fig.- 1.4 Inproximity to the top ofsaid flange or Wall l form-an annular groove C,in which the retaininglplate D is inserted'inl the usual-manner.

' 'The retaining means atV the inner edge of the base,l (indicated .bythe reference-letter. a,)

fis preferably in the form of a thimble E, of

softer' material than the retainer p1-operi',

. which extends above the base-'section A a .suflicient distancetoerform its 'function of holding the balls. in .p ace,- and Ais.itselfiheld to the retainer by overturning its lower edge b in a mannerto engage the bottom or lower' fiface of the base-section.' Preferablythe4 .thimble is formed With,l ai lateral annular flange c intermediateits edges, which When theretainin'g device 'is in place lrests'up'o'nthe section A, and, 'as previously .sta-ted, the

l. tloinible vis held from movement oy-'turningv ecte eff

over its lower edge, as'may be easily by reason of the soft material-ofvvhich the thimble iscomposed..

,lt Will be Obvious-from the'construction Ofthe .retainer that theretaining .means described may be readily inserted and Witl1- rawn Whendesired 4and.thatthe danger of -breakage'is reduced to" a as thesecuring flange Wiil yield when accidentally brought in contact with theaxle-spindle upon the application of the wheel to .the

vehicle..

What ljclaim as my inventionis- A Aretainer for antifriction-bearings,com? prisinga ringshaped base-section, an inclos- 1n Wall at theouteredge thereof, and a tlnmble of yielding'material fitted Within the.Qection-openingand having annular. flanges engaging the opposite sidesof the base.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence Ofltwo Witnesses.j

NORMAN T.' HARRINGTON. Witnesses z l l AMnLrA 'Winning JAMES P. BARRY.

